How to Type (touch-typing tutorial) with Tips, History, Learning, Resources

Learn how to type, an essential skill. Also, learn about the history of typing and where the popular english layouts come from.
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[@TeXplaiNIT]

How fast did I type this? Very. Cheers all, and good luck learning! Music: youtube.com/@TeXbeaTz Gaming: youtube.com/@TeXplayit Resources: youtube.com/@TeXupply

[@tillmanndoktor]

Never would have thought I'd be taught how to touch type by a ghost.

[@blacklivesmatter79]

Explosive Potato yuh

[@MrSoftfreak]

Casper the touch-typist

[@gojo_is_alive]

@Explosive Potato yea

[@ahmadajiz5841]

I know right

[@malisaramkissoon1853]

isolation learning..thx Covid i jus mastered the skill !

[@jacobkutu2887]

Lovely typing coach full of clarity and grace. Great.

[@toniokettner4821]

so touch typing is like foot walking? walking with the feet without looking at the ground.

[@alisongardner7476]

or driving a car without looking at the stick-shift!!!

[@lovet1309]

Thank you so much,i have learned something greater.

[@patrickwall8517]

For those that don't know, the way accuracy is calculated is that you subtract one word for each error that you make. So if your speed was 40 word per minute with two errors your adjusted speed would be 38 words per minute.

[@captainkeyboard1007]

That goes without "saying."

[@pokedude104]

should be noted that typing random assortments of letters like that isn't going to help you when you're typing actual words, just helps the fingers to figure out what they are doing. Also unless you have only just started to use a keyboard you probably know where all the letters are by memory whether you think you do or not, its just that the brain doesn't know what to do when its not habitually looking at the keyboard. I pretty much tripled my speed after a while by just forcing myself to not look at the keyboard, the first week or two are gruelingly slow and you'll want to just say screw it and switch back to whatever you were doing before but after a while it gets easy really quickly.

[@lindseynguegang5555]

I remember where the letters are but i dont feel like i do like i know the region where x is but i feel like i will type z or c or d

[@jollyglory9168]

I guess u did this while blind typing

[@ubaidbaig8128]

so ure saying touch typings good?

[@patrickwall8517]

You're correct but it's a good learning tool because with random letters you can't anticipate what the next letter is going to be which forces you to look at your copy rather than the keyboard-this also helps with your accuracy.

[@roseanneperez2829]

Your comment was very helpful, thanks !

[@jazaabdullah8846]

Thank you, very helpful. I learned new information.

[@lindavillaruel183]

I started typing at the age of 16. That was many years ago and I still love typing. I am attracted to any website that talks about typing. I always learn something new even though I have taught typing all those years.

[@captainkeyboard1007]

As a keyboard specialist, I cannot do anything else where there is no keyboard on the premises. That is another reason why I could not accept a job less than what I had done before my unemployment tenure.

[@robertkelly3313]

Very informative and interesting, many thanks.

[@TeXplaiNIT]

Thank you!

[@abduhadian5571]

I have never watched a video like this . thank you.

[@igarza495]

Thank you for sharing..Excellente

[@alnadzmermabboljamil2430]

What a great lesson.

[@patrickwall8517]

1:47 Another thing you will notice about the older typewriters there was no key for the number 1, 0, or exclamation mark. the upper case L doubled as number 1, the upper case O doubles as zero, and an exclamation point was made by typing the apostrophe located above the 8 and back spacing and typing a period. If I remember correctly the shift key at the bottom left controls only letters and shift at the upper right only numbers. I'm not sure why the period is over the shift key, my guess it has something to do with typing telegrams as the slash is used more often than periods.

[@kimkane135]

Great teaching thanks for the helpful tips

[@captainkeyboard1007]

Keyboarding has been my best skill since I was 12 years old. That is the reason I treated myself to a microcomputer in the year 2002. The microcomputer complements my modern-day typewriting that I would call "keyboarding."

[@88738nicoleforrest]

Currently learning to touch type found this video helpful

[@sqxbarto9229]

I liked the video, just a small addition: If you are used to your own typing, it is like hell to change it to this, slow and painful. I gave up learning it many times before, but I started today again (before your video, I just find it when I had some rest in practice).

[@jesmila60]

Thankyou so much

[@scottabergermd]

Excellent!

[@inspirasiguruku]

I can understand the explanation clearly, thank you for sharing the information

[@leannesalamat533]

i already know how to do is i all ready know then when i am 6 years old you are a good teacher

[@jabranjutt]

Thanks you so much sir I appreciate

[@resmig8953]

This guy is literally a spirit

[@stryfhe6556]

thanks it helped me so much know i can type much faster!

[@jiensuyang3915]

please give me some tips. can u relearn to type in this method i have typed for years with to ever learning the method. how long does it take to get 45 wpm

[@zeeises]

thank you so much keep it up im still practicingn;)

[@denishoryem315]

Good lecture

[@mesiwedua5506]

Wow its good

[@hectorcoronel4283]

Increasing the transparency is clever

[@lordsonspokenenglishacadem3898]

Thank you for your time and the information.

[@philipoluwayemmy9503]

respect sir i apprecial yout effort u do well

[@davidarmstrong3192]

veryhelpful thanku

[@kakumbazulu1223]

after spending days on youtube this video has solved my challenge

[@TeXplaiNIT]

Great! Happy it helped

[@meya2685]

thank u so much!!].. it made me realize to practice more

[@nirajkumari6917]

Thanks

[@nirajkumari6917]

Thanks

[@vanhmanimani3377]

Thanks a lot dear

[@shalinipriya2929]

Very useful

[@thabomatiwane9632]

Wow thank you so much,i have learned something from you.

[@NasratArab-nj9mc]

Thank you very much my dear teacher i appreciate you because of that method

[@damoderkuradia8467]

Thanka a lot..

[@najibkarma6658]

Cool

[@salomebalasuriya4530]

Thanks for the great video; helped me a lot- informative and interesting:)

[@TeXplaiNIT]

Thanks for watching!

[@salomebalasuriya4530]

No problem; keep up the good work!:)

[@avatsavirs]

How do you reach the right crtl with your right pinkie? It feels like I have to stretch it out too much to get there. I with there was a way to swap the menu key with right Ctrl as I never use the menu key but need to use the right Ctrl all the time.

[@cocochanelbrown439]

nice

[@huguettejeanpierre5594]

I really like this video it teach me how to type in my computer Yesterday my mom and my cousin did it and my Brother Did through

[@jennyflicker683]

my son learned to type with your video

[@stripecooke4254]

Thank you for making this video

[@neeshsamsi]

Them ghost hands tho. Really helped me though thanks man

[@kennyw871]

Finger is finger and thumb is thumb as in right thumb presses space bar. Both thumbs up for this video-thanks.

[@joselitoybanez3485]

Wow! I'm very interested

[@charlotteadkins9099]

very interesting. thanks

[@kibromkahsay4878]

VERY NICE I AM WITH PLESSURE KEEP IT UP................

[@eduardocastillo340]

thanks a lot best regards

[@raqueliszbord]

OK im starting to learn...

[@paulmagtubo3538]

Thank u for tutoring us

[@cart.t]

thanmks this is beryy helpgul now i can tupe witjout looking at my keuiniayd

[@thebarbender1423]

Thanks man 🙏

[@LENana243]

iraelly like it

[@caroljohnston6275]

i think this is very helpful to my granddaughter

[@sagayasheela5325]

Thank you medam

[@cartertacke9316]

I guess I've been touch -typing since I was in like 7th grade. Never knew it was such a difficult thing to learn because it wasn't for me. It actually wasn't that hard to learn at all. Just years of practice and I was able to improve my typing a lot.

[@chillpill1266]

Started typing in 2nd grade. Now im in 7th grade and typr 70 wpm max

[@alphabee8171]

nothing is tough, people look for shortcuts. It sure looks nice to see someone fast and thinking i want that...what they don't see is years of practise. Everyone has to start somewhere.

[@Hostlyy]

@@chillpill1266 in primary everybody would be super slow at typing like im saying 10 wpm or 20 so i thought i was fast and didnt need to change anything then i did a typing test couple of months ago and got 30wpm and then realised ur not supposed to type with just the index fingers so now im learning the formal way of writing and just in the first month my wpm literally double to 67max and 55 avg

[@chillpill1266]

@@Hostlyy my avg is now 79 and 85 max. Btw i was also like 55 avg in primary

[@Hostlyy]

@@chillpill1266 nice

[@red_690nm]

You earned a subscriber ❤️

[@vlotec]

I have problem in typing letter x and c and s . Whenever I type these letters my index finger gets lifted up. What should i do?

[@patrickwall8517]

With the shift keys it works best to use the shift key on the opposite side of the keyboard, i.e. for the letter 'F' you would use the shift key on the right side of the keyboard.

[@muskndusk]

I was looking for this comment before I mentioned it myself. It's surprising he left this out of the video.

[@chowsuilinmoe496]

Great!!

[@bhartikumar7157]

Excellent sir

[@knowledgebank4892]

bharti kumar exam h kya koi

[@bhartikumar7157]

Sumit Kumar yes sir par aap ko kasa pta

[@knowledgebank4892]

bharti kumar konsa h exam

[@knowledgebank4892]

bharti kumar mera b h or typing vedio bnda tbji dekhta h jb test ho lol..

[@bhartikumar7157]

Sumit Kumar ya to aap na right kha par aap k kon say subject k hai

[@ibrahemelsayed7288]

That really helped me to reach 20 words per minute from 10 words per minute in one year.

[@typingforall]

Great job 👍

[@alisongardner7476]

This clip is very useful for my (virgin typeset) friend and the given link to do typing courses are excellent! many thanks!

[@yashdeshmukh9415]

i am getting problem after using the backspace key and returning back to home position . Please sir any solution for that.

[@Nikki.Penguin]

When you use the backspace key, or any other keys you use your pinkies for, it's important, that the index finger stays on the home key (f or j) while pressing the key (e.g. backspace, enter ). You have to stretch your fingers a little bit, but that is the right method to keep the right position.

[@yashdeshmukh9415]

@@Nikki.Penguin I am not familier with pinky I take my full hand for backspace from now I will make habbit of pinky . Thanks bro ☺☺

[@ruthterefe829]

Thanks

[@AbhiYadav-dd9cx]

Aren"t we suppose to use the left shift for capitalizing right hand keys and vice-versa.

[@tomdobson5361]

Oh how nice.

[@gabdulghafour]

When you know how to type but u still watch a how to type video

[@itsgonnabeok6016]

me

[@yan-yanarmyu1660]

I'm using this for my presentation.

[@agungkrisna4544]

me

[@anonymousgirl4063]

Hands on really 🧐

[@wenqinchen1992]

do you know the first 6 letters on the top row spell qwerty which is what that kind of letter order that is

[@tinyrobot9989]

Thanks for the toturial now I know how to be transparent

[@TeXplaiNIT]

haha

[@abdullahirshad9166]

What keyboard is that?

[@CourtzBeBallin]

I started off not using touch typing so when I use touch typing I get 2 wpm but when I just click around I get 50 wpm what should I do?

[@patrickwall8517]

You're wrong about the shift keys. Use the shift key on the right for letters typed the left hand and the shift key on the left for letters typed with the right hand.

[@kuehnel16]

This explains why people have corporal tunnel problems

[@derekcarman5968]

sweet purple keyboard!

[@olivergregory309]

Derek Carman RGB

[@mrb-btw]

use pinky for backspace

[@adxo]

I have the same keyboard sir.

[@jordanfunnii]

yay now i can type without looking

[@rolfathan]

When you mention a website in a video you should always put that as a link in the description. People will forget the url, then go back to your video hoping to find it. Then they have to scrub the timeline for a whole video just looking for the website. Also, looks like that website was purchased and turned into something rather crappy actually.

[@raoulkhaleb7258]

i can rtype withoyt loooking at my ietyboard

[@user-nq5we7xk3f]

If you are not looking at the keyboard, why you need a keyboard with leds?

[@mrbawls8736]

I keep sliding my fingers over the keyboard's keys , is this a problem?

[@zzingping3674]

yes

[@mrbawls8736]

@@zzingping3674 yeah , i've figured this out , now I'm like in 103 wpm , a bit late , but thanks anyways

[@israelg.5678]

really cool video, but it's better at 1.5 speed

[@samsonabraha9536]

HOW CAN I USE 10 KEYS WITHOUT PRESING SHIFT?

[@regime2857]

Im trying itnright now

[@HealthyDisrespectforAuthority]

way back in the stone age, I failed typing miserably in school. I learned how to type in chat rooms.

[@jerbear7952]

Healthy Disrespect for Authority that is how I learned too. Super fast at stuff like ASL and where the fine girls at? Accuracy? What’s that?

[@anobis295aj5]

I really like to type without looking at the keyboard.

[@EddieArafa]

"www.typingtrainer.com/" this website helped me a lot to do so, i used to type around 24-26 wpm before learning how to touch type, now thanks to this website and 2 more ill list at the end of the comment, I can type and average of 61 WPM in only 8 months, and trust me if i could do it you can too! I hope you see this comment and go give that website a try, and hopefully by this time next year you can leave a comment on here saying that you reach your goal so you can motivate people to do so as well, just remember NEVER TAKE SHORTCUTS! 10fastfingers.com/typing-test/english typeracer.com Best of luck mate!

[@huguettejeanpierre5594]

Cama

[@yahyafati]

i can also tupe without looking at mt jeeboard. Wow I;m actiallu doof I didnt know I was this goof.

[@II_xD_II]

tjat seens pretty easy for me

[@GoldenGate003]

done.

[@virginialui6377]

i saw qwerty on your keyboard

[@coffeepot3123]

Meh, i dont need no bump on the keys to know where i am on the keyboard. as long as my posture is good i can do this without looking.

[@ThePronounI]

I got completely derailed after it sounded like he was implying that the thumb isn't a finger 😅